Remove explore Option in App

[Sri1999]

Hello everyone, is there any way to remove the "Explore" option in the Power BI app? 

[v-echaithra]

Hi @Sri1999 ,

We would like to confirm if you've successfully resolved this issue or if you need further help. If you still have any questions or need more support, please feel free to let us know. We are more than happy to continue to help you.

Thank you for your patience and look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,
Chaithra E.

[Sri1999]

Thanks for checking in. It hasn't solved. At the moment I do not have any issue with the option being there. 

Thanks again

[v-echaithra · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sri1999 ,

Inorder to remove or hide the "Explore" option in the Power BI app, here are some methods you can use, based on access controls and semantic model settings:

Set Viewer Role Only

If a user has only the Viewer role in the workspace, they will not have access to the "Explore" feature.

"Explore" typically appears when users can build or analyze data further, which Viewers cannot do.

Go to the Power BI workspace.

Click on the ellipsis, next to the dataset.

Select Manage permissions.

Make sure the user is assigned the Viewer role only.

Disable “Build” Permission on Dataset, even if someone has access to a report, if they don’t have build permissions on the semantic model (dataset), the "Explore" option will be hidden.

In the workspace, go to the Semantic Model (dataset).

Click on ... > Manage Permissions.

For each user or group:

Click ... next to their name > Remove "Build" permission.

Also uncheck “Allow recipients to build content with the data associated with this semantic model” if enabled.

Navigate to the Settings (gear icon) in the Power BI service.

Scroll down and select Admin Portal under Governance and Insights.

In Tenant Settings, look for the grey banner that says "There are new or updated tenant settings. Expand to review changes." Click the dropdown to expand.

Locate the setting titled "Users with view permission can launch Explore" (second from the bottom).

Click into this setting and use the Disable button at the top to turn it off.

Please ask the user who originally flagged this to test the change, but this appears to be the correct and logical approach.

Hope this helps,
Chaithra E.

[v-echaithra]

Hi @Sri1999 ,

We would like to confirm if you've successfully resolved this issue or if you need further help. If you still have any questions or need more support, please feel free to let us know. We are more than happy to continue to help you.

Thank you for your patience and look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,
Chaithra E.

[v-echaithra]

Hi @Sri1999 ,

Thank you @collinq for your inputs.

We wanted to follow up to see if the issue you reported has been fully resolved. If you still have any concerns or need additional support, please don’t hesitate to let us know, we’re here to help.

We truly appreciate your patience and look forward to assisting you further if needed.

Warm regards,
Chaithra E.

[collinq]

Hi @Sri1999 ,

If you just give the "Viewer" role then the users should not have access to explore data as "Viewer" only gives them read-only access.

Or, you an go to the Semantic Model itself and uncheck any "Allow recipients to build content..." and that should prevent the option from appearing.  This option is more "universal" though than just changing a user's permissions.